Abbreviations

AN Aṅguttara Nikāya
Dhp Dhammapada
DN Dīgha Nikāya
MN Majjhima Nikāya
SN Saṁyutta Nikāya
Sn Sutta Nipāta
Thag Theragāthā

References to DN and MN are to discourse (sutta); those to AN and SN are to section (nipāta, saṁyutta) and discourse. Numbering for AN and SN follows the Thai Edition of the Pāli Canon.

All translations from these texts are by the author and are based on the Royal Thai Edition of the Pāli Canon (Bangkok: Mahāmakut Rājavidyālaya, 1982).